Kutxabank Araski fell with honors against Spar Girona (76-51)
Kutxabank Araski failed to break Spar Girona’s unbeaten record at the start of the season. After a good first quarter, Made Urieta’s team could not cope with the physical superiority of the Girona team. A match where the Vitorian team only had 7 players available due to the absence of Brittany Brewer and Bethy Mununga. Despite this, Kutxabank Araski fought until the last minutes of the game.
The start of the game is the continuous repetition of two baskets. And at this pace of play, Kutxabank Araski is comfortable on the court. The choral work on the greens, with all the players contributing their grain of sand, means that the team has first advantages on the scoreboard. It added attacking efficiency to take the lead after the first ten minutes (13-23).
Given the warning of a fight from the Vitorians, Spar Girona knocked down the defense forces. Kutxabank Araski’s success faded in the second quarter with almost four minutes without scoring. At this point in the game, with Girona effective in every attack, Maxuella Lisowa-Mbaka put the team behind her to keep the game alive at half time (39-35).
A poor start to the third quarter put Girona in control. But ‘Maxu’ insisted on trying to spoil Fontajau’s party. The Belgian outside is unstoppable for the local defence. The effectiveness of Girona’s players from abroad tipped the balance in their favour. Kutxabank Araski pushed hard in the last quarter to try to come back but found the rival wall with every move and streak in the last quarter.
The disadvantage increased in the last minutes of the game for a fighting Araski in Girona. Now, Made Urieta’s team is thinking about the game next Friday, November 1 at 7:00 pm against Hozono Global Jairis in Mendizorrotza. Fifth day of the league to precede an international national team break.